3 responses to “War”

The rhythm and content of this poem is very striking. Makes me think of the story of the American soldier who recently massacred those civilians in Afghanistan. It’s the same violent story and the same monster we’ve been creating over and over in the history of humankind. Very well done.

I appreciate your input, thank you so much for reading! I wrote this poem mostly about how War is a part of human nature that we cannot escape, but also how most want to break away from it we just can’t